Shoe rack



45 the shoes.

Patented Apr. 10, 1923..

U N T HARVEY L. GLIDDEN, OF NEEDHAIM HEIGHTS, llIASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEVT JERSEY, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHOE BACK.

Application fi1ed June 18,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY L. GLIDDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Needham Hei hts, in the county of Norfolk 5 and State ofassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe Racks, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicatinglike parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to shoe racks used in shoe factories to conveyshoes from one operating position to another, or to store them betweenshoemaking operations during their manufacture.

It is necessary, especially in the case of fancy womens shoes known asmillinery shoes, to hold the shoes in such a way that they will beprotected from dirt or from damage caused by striking one another orother objects. A common way of seeking this result is by putting theshoes on trays mounted as shelves in shoe racks, the trays beingequipped in one way or another to protect the shoes as by having pocketsfor individual shoes in order to keep the shoes from coming in contactwith one another, which may be felt lined, or by being covered withsheets of paper to keep the shoes clean. This practice is accompanied bythe serious disadvantage that these trays pick up quantities of dust anddirt which are normally floating in the air of a shoe factory and it isactually impossible to keep them clean for as much as an hour at a time.This practice also has the disadvantage of making it impossible tosecure a second condltion which is that a shoe rack, at certain stagesin the manufacture of certain types of shoes, should be so arranged thatit will permit free circulation of air around the shoes in order to drythem out, thereby permitting an earlier removal of the lasts from Theshelf structure described above impedes free circulation of air andfrequently makes a difference of twenty-four hours in the period duringwhich it is necessary for the lasts to remain in the shoes to set themproperly.

Another largely successful attempt to solve this problem is found in theso-called 1921. Serial No. 478,589.

pin rack. This rack comprises a so-called pin bar extendinglongitudinally of the rack having pins extending laterally therefrom indirect contact with which the shoes rest. Such racks, however, havefailed to give entire satisfaction under certain conditions of workbecause the pins themselves bruise and damage many sufiiciently delicateshoe fabrics when placed against them.

In view of these conditions, it is an object of the present invention toprovide a shoe rack which shall possess among others the advantagesabove described as desirable without being subject to the disadvantagesnoted.

An important feature of the invention consists in a shoe rack equippedwith a pin bar the pins of which are adapted to enter the ack pin holesin the lasts, the bar also having means such as a shoulder adapted tocooperate with the upper part of the last cone to prevent rotation ofthe lasts on the pins. This construction supports the shoe out ofcontact with any part of the rack with substantial rigidity, preventingrotation of the last on the pin so that accidental contact betweenadjacent shoes is impossible and at the same time provides for freecirculation of the air whereby the shoes may be rapidly dried.

These and other features of the invention, including certaincombinations and arrangements of parts, will be understood from thefollowing description of a preferred embodiment thereof selected forpurposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawings inwhich,

Fig. l is a side elevation of a rack embodying the present invention,and

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a detail.

The frame of the rack may be made in any desired manner, a practical,convenient form of metal frame being shown in the drawing. Thiscomprises a bottom frame 10 upon which are mounted casters 12 and towhich are braced by diagonals 14: end frames 16 having cross bars 18suitably spaced and in convenient number and in registration on the twoend frames. Fastened to the corresponding cross bars 18 in anyconvenient manner as by bolts 20 are the so-called pin bars 22. Thesebars are normally made of wood and are shown as of square cross section,scarled on the ends as at 24 so as to be supported with their diagonalsvertically and horizontally thereby presenting two obliquely andupwardly directed faces 26 and 28. These faces are notched at regularintervals as shown at 30, thus presenting shoulders 31, the notchesalternating on o-pposite sides of the bar and being perhaps inch deep.it about the center of each notch is driven a cylindrical pin 32projecting perhaps two inches and being of a diameter appropriate forthe reception into the ordinary jack pin thimble of a last. The width ofthe notches 30 is slightly greater than the thickness of the top of thecone of the last the use oi which is contemplated in the rack. The lastsare placed upon the pins as shown in F 2 with the cone lying in thenotch and are thus supported in position, the engagement between thecone of the last and the shoulde 31 preventing any substantial rotationon the pin so that the shoes on the lasts can not contact with eachother and become bruised or damaged. T he rack as shown is, of course,adapted only for Oxford shoes from the tops of which the lasts projectsomewhat. The arrangement of the pins upon successive pin bars from thetop to the bottom of the rack is alternating as shown in Fig. 1 so thata shoe on one pin bar will not come directly above the correspondingshoe on the next lower pin bar. This feature facilitates the entry andremoval of shoes and insures a greater separation between individualshoes, thereby minimizing risk of damage. It is thus seen that my newrack will support shoes so that they cannot come in contact with eachother or with the rack parts, and at the same time permits absolutefreedom of air circulation around them.

The notch 30 is the preferred means of preventing rotation of the lastson the pin 32, but other simple means for providing the projectingshoulder can be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.For example, the notch may be omitted and one or more auxiliary pinsdriven alongside the pin 32. Such pins may be parallel to the pin 32 asat 34-, or bent outwardly to conform to the taper of the last cone, asat 36.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent ot' the United States is 1. A shoe rack comprising apin bar having a pin adapted to enter the jack pin hole of a last tosupport it, the bar being also equipped with a member arranged tocontact with the cone of the last to prevent rotat-ion on the pin. I

2. A shoe rack comprising a pin bar having a pin adapted to enter thejack pin hole of a last to support it, the bar being also equipped withan outwardly projecting shoulder arranged to prevent rotation of thelast on the pin.

3. A shoe rack comprising a frame having a pin bar having notches ofapproximately the width oi": the upper part ota last cone, and pins inthe notches arranged to engage the jack pin thimbles oi the lasts.

a. A pin bar for a shoe rack having a countersunk portion approximatelyfitting the upper part or a last cone, and a pin pro jecting from saidcountersunk portion arranged to enter the jack pin hole of the lastwhereby the last is supported without freedom to rotate on the pin.

5. A pin bar for a shoe rack formed of. a bar of rectangular crosssection arranged with its diagonals substantially vertical andhorizontal, the upward oblique faces of the bar being notched to a widthsubstantially equal to that of the top of a last cone, each notch havinga pin projecting upwardly therefrom adapted to engage the jack pin holeof the last, thereby supporting it with out freedom to turn on the pin;

6. A shoe rack havinga vertically arranged series of pin bars of squarecross-section arranged with their diagonals vertical and horizontaltheir upwardly facing surfaces equipped with alternately arranged slotshaving pins projecting therefrom to enter the jack pin holes of lasts,the widths ot' the slots being arranged toreceive the tops of the conesof the lasts to prevent rotation on the pins, the pins alternating onboth sides of each bar and alternating from side to sideon alternatebars, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to' this specification.

HARVEY L. GLIDDEN.

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